Executive Board

Colleen Egan

EVP, COO at Akoo International Inc.

Title: Executive Board Chair

Childhood Dream: To be a famous cowgirl. Not just any cowgirl, I wanted to be the perfect mix of Annie Oakley, Willa Cather and Patsy Cline

Email: Colleen Egan

Mark Carter

founder of ONE80, LLC & TweetNetworking, LLC.

Title: Vice Chair of Communications

Childhood Dream: To be a Twitter expert

Email: Mark Carter

Ed Kavanaugh

Title: Vice Chair of Programming

Childhood Dream: To be a movie star

Email: Ed Kavanaugh

Mark O’Meara

Partner at Chapman & Cutler LLP

Title: Vice Chair of Business Affairs

Childhood Dream: To be an astronaut

Email: Mark O’Meara

Dorothy Hillard

Principal, Chicago Board of Education, retired

Title: Programming Committee

Childhood Dream: To make a positive difference for others

Email: Dorothy Hillard

Dave Lawless

VP & Co-owner of Designed Plastics, Inc.

Title: Programming Committee

Childhood Dream: To be a naval officer

Email: Dave Lawless

Brandon Jung

Midwest Enterprise Manager, Google

Title: Development Committee

Childhood Dream: To be President of the United States

Email: Brandon Jung

Cortez Alexander

Student Representative

Title: Communications Committee

Childhood Dream: To be a scientist and find a cure for AIDS

Email: Cortez Alexander

Mary Anne Keane

CEO of Scribble Tees, Inc.

Title: Communications Committee

Childhood Dream: To meet and perform on stage with Bruce Springsteen

Email: Mary Anne Keane

Ravi Baichwal

Anchor for ABC 7 Weekend News

Title: Communications Committee

Childhood Dream: To be a professional hockey player and then prime minister of Canada!

Email: Ravi Baichwal

Jeff Hay

Regional Facility Manager, AthletiCo

Title: Programming Committee

Childhood Dream: To be a professional basketball player

Email: Jeff Hay

Steve Ignelzi

Executive Director at JPMorgan Chase

Title: Development Committee

Childhood dream: To be an astronaut and walk on the Moon like Neil Armstrong

Email:Steve Ignelzi